Who Should I Trade?

Brian Van Belle for Connor Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB	Connor Thomas RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 818

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	7
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.59
WHIP	‐	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB	Connor Thomas RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	6.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	15

Earned Runs	‐	15

Home Runs Allowed	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	4

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	21.32

WHIP	‐	3.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB	Connor Thomas RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	14

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	10.4

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	11

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	7

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	4.59

WHIP	‐	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB	Connor Thomas RP - ATH
News
		The Athletics claimed Connor Thomas off waivers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
		The Braves recalled LHP Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
		Connor Thomas was optioned back to Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
		The Braves have recalled left-hander Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB			Connor Thomas RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#249
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#186	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 9th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Brian Van Belle for Connor Thomas (2026)

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